2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season

2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby
2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby
Countries	Argentina ; Brazil ; Chile ; Paraguay ; Uruguay ; Colombia
Date	4 March – 29 May
Matches played	3
	2021 →

The 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the inaugural season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 29 May.^[1]

On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 2021, effectively ending this season after two rounds of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.^[2]

Teams

Ceibos

Corinthians

Selknam

Cafeteros Pro

Olimpia

Peñarol

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Location of teams of the 2020 Superliga Americana de Rugby.
Full participant

Postseason only participant

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Coach	Captain
Ceibos	Córdoba	Tala Rugby Club	6,000	Ignacio Fernández Lobbe	Lautaro Bavaro
Corinthians	Santo André	Estádio Bruno José Daniel	11,440	Fernando Portugal	Arthur Bergo
Selknam	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	40,000	Pablo Lemoine	Ignacio Silva
Cafeteros Pro	Medellín	TBA	TBA	David Jaramillo	TBA
Olimpia Lions	Asunción	Estadio Héroes de Curupayty	3,000	Raúl Pérez	Gabriel Ascárate
Peñarol	Montevideo	Estadio Charrúa	14,000	Pablo Bouza	Santiago Arata

Season format

Five of the six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which was to take place over 10 weeks and would consist of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing 4 matches at home and 4 matches away. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season would have moved on to the championship playoffs while the fifth-place club would have progressed to a challenge trophy playoff.

The challenge trophy would have been contested over two matches between the fifth-place regular season club and Cafeteros Pro. Each club would have hosted one match in this series.

The championship would have been contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.

Regular season

The regular season began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 16 May.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Ceibos	2	2	0	80	24	+56	9	1	2	0	10	Championship Playoffs
2	Selknam	2	1	1	31	45	−14	1	5	0	0	4
3	Peñarol	1	0	1	13	15	−2	1	0	0	1	1
4	Corinthians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Olimpia Lions	1	0	1	8	48	−40	1	5	0	0	0	Challenge Trophy

Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

The following were the matches for the 2020 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:

Home \ Away	CEI	COR	OLI	PEN	SEL
Ceibos		~~27 Mar~~	48–8	~~15 May~~	~~24 Apr~~
Corinthians	~~8 May~~		~~24 Apr~~	~~20 Mar~~	~~3 Apr~~
Olimpia Lions	~~17 Apr~~	~~13 Mar~~		~~27 Mar~~	~~29 Apr~~
Peñarol	~~3 Apr~~	~~29 Apr~~	~~8 May~~		13–15
Selknam	16–32	~~16 May~~	~~21 Mar~~	~~18 Apr~~

Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Week 1

	4 Mar	Peñarol	13–15	Selknam	Estadio Charrúa
	20:30 UYT	Try: Santiago Arata 10' Con: Federico Favaro (1/1) 11' Pen: Federico Favaro (2/5) 5', 67' Cards: Tomás Inciarte 66' Nicolás Freitas 69'	Report	Pen: Santiago Videla (5/5) 9', 20', 34', 48', 70' Patricio Baronio (0/1) Drop: Francisco Urroz (0/1) Cards: Julio Blanc 66' Patricio Baronio 73'	Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (UAR) Man of the Match:

	6 Mar	Ceibos	48–8	Olimpia Lions	Tala Rugby Club
	21:00 ART	Try: Tomás Cubilla 12′ Juan Bautista Daireaux 21′ Leonel Oviedo 70′ Penalty try 79′ Ignacio Inchauspe 80′ Con: Martín Elías (1/2) 13′ Tomás Albornoz (2/2) 71′, 80′ Pen: Martín Elías (4/5) 26′, 32′, 39′, 55′ Tomás Albornoz (1/1) 59'	Report	Try: Manuel Montero 72′ Con: Damian Stevens (0/1) Pen: Máximo Ledesma 29′ (1/2) Cards: Facundo Pomponio 33' Facundo Maina 77'	Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Felipe Balbontín (FRC) Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Corinthians

Week 2

	13 Mar	Olimpia Lions	Postponed	Corinthians	Estadio Manuel Ferreira
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	14 Mar	Selknam	16-32	Ceibos	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
	17:00 ART	Try: Penalty try 37' Pen: Patricio Baronio (3/3) 2', 35', 44' Cards: Ignacio Silva 50' Matías Dittus 70' Vesi Rarawa 72'	Report	Try: Facundo Cordero 26', 57' Juan Bautista Daireaux 46' Tomás Cubelli 77' Con: Martín Elías (1/1) 26' Tomás Albornoz (2/3) 47', 77' Pen: Martín Elías (2/2) 7', 28' Cards: Facundo Corder 37'	Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Man of the Match: Rodrigo Fernández Criado

Bye/s: Peñarol

Week 3

	20 Mar	Corinthians	v	Peñarol	Estádio Parque São Jorge
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	21 Mar	Selknam	v	Olimpia Lions	TBA
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Ceibos

Week 4

	27 Mar	Olimpia Lions	v	Peñarol	Estadio Héroes de Curupayty
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	27 Mar	Ceibos	v	Corinthians	Tala Rugby Club
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Selknam

Week 5

	3 Apr	Corinthians	v	Selknam	Estádio Parque São Jorge
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	3 Apr	Peñarol	v	Ceibos	Estadio Charrúa
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Olimpia Lions

Week 6

	17 Apr	Olimpia Lions	v	Ceibos	Estadio Héroes de Curupayty
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	18 Apr	Selknam	v	Peñarol	TBA
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Corinthians

Week 7

	24 Apr	Corinthians	v	Olimpia Lions	Estádio Parque São Jorge
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	24 Apr	Ceibos	v	Selknam	Tala Rugby Club
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Peñarol

Week 8

	29 Apr	Peñarol	v	Corinthians	Estadio Charrúa
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	29 Apr	Olimpia Lions	v	Selknam	Estadio Héroes de Curupayty
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Ceibos

Week 9

	8 May	Peñarol	v	Olimpia Lions	Estadio Charrúa
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	8 May	Corinthians	v	Ceibos	Estádio Parque São Jorge
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Selknam

Week 10

	15 May	Ceibos	v	Peñarol	Tala Rugby Club
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	16 May	Selknam	v	Corinthians	TBA
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Olimpia Lions

Playoffs

Challenge Trophy

The fifth-place regular season club would have contested the challenge trophy against Cafeteros Pro over two matches.

	23 May	TBD	v	TBD	TBA
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

	27 May	TBD	v	TBD	TBA
	TBA				Referee: Man of the Match:

Championship playoffs

	Semi-finals				Final

	22 May -


					29 May -


	22 May -




					Third place

					27 May -

Semifinals

	22 May		–
					Referee: Man of the Match:

	22 May		–
					Referee: Man of the Match:

Third-place match

	27 May		v
					Referee: Man of the Match:

Final

	29 May		v
					Referee: Man of the Match:

Player statistics

Top scorers

The top try and point scorers during the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season until the season was cancelled were:

Most points
No	Player	Team	Pts
1	Martín Elías	Ceibos	22
2	Santiago Videla	Selknam	15
3	Tomás Albornoz	Ceibos	11
4	Juan Daireaux	Ceibos	10
	Tomás Cubilla	Ceibos	10
	Facundo Cordero	Ceibos	10
7	Patricio Baronio	Selknam	9
8	Federico Favaro	Peñarol	8
9	Santiago Arata	Peñarol	5
	Manuel Montero	Olimpia	5
	Leonel Oviedo	Ceibos	5
	Ignacio Inchauspe	Ceibos	5
13	Máximo Ledesma	Olimpia	3

References

^ LA SUPERLIGA AMERICANA DE RUGBY TIENE FIXTURE on Sudamérica Rugby, 22 Jan 2020
^ "SLAR Suspended Until 20201". Americas Rugby News. March 17, 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[1] LA SUPERLIGA AMERICANA DE RUGBY TIENE FIXTURE on Sudamérica Rugby, 22 Jan 2020

[2] "SLAR Suspended Until 20201". Americas Rugby News. March 17, 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

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2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby
Countries	Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay Colombia
Date	4 March – 29 May
Matches played	3
2021 →